Create and light a saltwater reef aquarium that is healthy and looks great too.

Investigate a variety of plants, fish and coral that can live in saltwater aquaria. Choose a few to live in your tank then decide how to light the tank so all of its inhabitants thrive.

Light Your Tank Part 2: Drawing the spectrum

Spectrum Tool. The top tool has sample spectra showing various percentages of red, green, and blue light, as well as a few mixes.

  1. Look at each of the sample spectra.
  2. In the bottom tool, draw the spectrum you’d expect to see from your lighting design from Part 1.

Spectrum Notebook. Take a screenshot of your drawing and post it in Part 2.

Source 1:
 
Brightness
Full-intensity spectrum backgroundTransparency increases or decreases based on chart intensity, hiding or revealing the background
Left axis ticks
Spectrum intensity vs wavelength chart
Bottom axis ticks
Wavelength (Microns)
Source 2:
 
Brightness
Full-intensity spectrum backgroundTransparency increases or decreases based on chart intensity, hiding or revealing the background
Left axis ticks
Click here to draw
Spectrum intensity vs wavelength chart, drawn by the user
Bottom axis ticks
Wavelength (Microns)
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